Dog.
Slob.
Disgusting animal.
Third-rate hooker.
Fat pig.
These are the exact words Donald Trump has used to describe women. As the Republican presidential nominee, Republicans have endorsed and are ready to embrace this misogynist. It’s not politics at its worst – it’s humankind at its worst.
And if that wasn’t enough, this is what Trump has said about Mexican Americans:
Rapists.
Criminals.
Drug dealers.
Latinas are Ready to Take on Donald Trump
As the Republican presidential nominee, Republicans have endorsed and are ready to embrace this misogynist. It’s not politics at its worst – it’s humankind at its worst.
Por:Delia Garcia
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses delegates at the end of the Republican National Convention
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Make no mistake: Mr. Trump has a deep contempt for women and Latinos and his policy proposals reflect those beliefs. He wants to separate our families by ending birthright citizenship, ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and by building a wall on the Mexico-U.S. border. He has said that pregnancy is an inconvenience for employers and believes that providing paid family and medical leave would make the United States less competitive.
His dangerous political rhetoric has infiltrated and poisoned the Republican Party as demonstrated by the adoption of his proposals in their platform, pushing the party alarmingly to the far right.
Despite a near universal desire for an end to Venezuela’s manmade disaster, sending in U.S forces to take out the Maduro regime would be counter-productive. It should be categorically rejected by interim president Juan Guaidó, not to mention the Trump administration.
The firing of undocumented workers at Trump's golf clubs just shows how the practice of employing immigrants without legal work papers is much more common than we might imagine. Such is life in the United States.
The Trump administration should be wary of fueling fake news predictions about an imminent American invasion which unrealistically raises expectations about Maduro's removal.
At some point we will have to accept the fact that the border between Mexico and the United States is nothing more than an invention.
The United States has had a major role in the evolving drama of the fight for democracy in Venezuela and Nicaragua. And so far, it’s been surprisingly coordinated, a veritable model of multilateralism.
Has the Maduro regime reached breaking point? It remains hard to say, but tomorrow is another - more hopeful - day for the restoration of democracy in the South American nation.
It’s impossible to get into Trump’s head but what comes out of his mouth are racist remarks. But, saddest of all are the millions who tolerate his views, cheer him on and emulate his behavior.
The time is well past due for the U.S. government to conduct a thorough review of leaders and their senior colleagues before they leave office to determine if they merit visas.
Trump believes in pay discrimination and has suggested that women just need to work harder to get paid the same as a man doing the same job. This should be unnerving for every woman in America, especially to Latinas who only make 55 cents for every dollar earned by a white non-Hispanic man.
Yet we don’t have to fear Trump because Latinas have the power to make sure he never sees the inside walls of the White House.
According to a 2014 report by the Center for American Progress, Latinas are one of the largest and fastest growing segments of eligible voters among women. Latinas can sway elections. Case in point: In 2012, President Obama won by 4.9 million votes. And 6.3 million Latinas voted.
Latinas want real solutions from our leaders, not talking points or hateful rhetoric or backward proposals. In a recent poll conducted by American Women, Voto Latino Action Network, and iAmerica Action, they overwhelmingly support policies that would help them and their families move ahead economically. Ninety percent of Latinas will vote for candidates who will fight for equal pay (a policy so critical for Latinas who earn 55 percent of what white non-Hispanic men are paid); 96 percent of millennial Latinas want leaders who support paid family and medical leave; and an overwhelming 92 percent of Latinas support a path to citizenship for immigrant families.
Latinas know what is at stake this November — that is why over 80 percent in the poll said they were “almost certain” to vote in November. Our future and our kids’ future depend on it and our reproductive rights and economic livelihood are at risk by the recklessness of the presumptive Republican nominee and by the new Republican platform.
As the GOP holds its convention they should be mindful of the fact that the Latino community is watching and that our political power will only grow in decades to come. But we know they won’t. As Latinas, as community leaders, and as those who care about this world, we will work hand in hand to stop Donald Trump.
Delia Garcia and Maria Cardona are members of the EMILY's List Latina Advisory Council.
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